I always have a couple of frets on my harp. I use fretgut Here's two pieces that are very nice Stella Splendens My Lady Carey
There are lots of treble and ground pieces that work. It does depend on your harpist :) NB I use harp technique (historical harp technique) blended in with my lute technique to pluck the string. It is a "hold and release" technique. It is basically "thumb in" but you pull the string just a bit farther. I don't use it for continuo, since I use "thumb out" with the thumb stretched. dt At 10:02 AM 10/16/2009, you wrote: >I've also seen Ren harpists "fret" the occasional accidental. It's a bit >awkward and slow, though, so it only works in some circumstance (and >intonation tend to be a bit iffy). > >Guy > >-----Original Message----- >From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf >Of Ron Andrico >Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 9:40 AM >To: char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: [LUTE] Re: [Lute] Lute and Harp duets > > Hello Charles: > I have played quite a few duets with harps, or I should say with > harpists. What a harpist can easily play depends upon whether the harp > has chromatic notes available. If you're playing with a modern concert > harp, anything goes and it only becomes a question of balance, since > harps are generally much louder than lutes. > Most 'folk' harps are diatonic but many have levers that can sharp or > flat a note if set up in advance. I performed a duet concert with a > very good harpist, Laura Zaerr, playing a diatonic harp with levers. > She was able to change the levers on the fly in the middle of a piece > and we played the Francesco/Matelart duets as well as some duets from > Phalese, 1552. Double harps are also a good solution because the > chromatic notes are available on a second row of strings. I have > played part-music with a double-harpist, dividing the responsibilities > equally in a four-part piece. > You can also play lute songs with the harp playing the singing part. > This usually works out well in terms of balance. I hope this is > helpful. > Best wishes, > Ron Andrico > www.mignarda.com > > Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:06:13 +0100 > > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > From: char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk > > Subject: [LUTE] [Lute] Lute and Harp duets > > > > Greetings! > > does anyone on the list have any experience of playing duets with a > harp > > (either renaissance or baroque lute)? I would be grateful for some > help > > in terns of possible repertoire! > > Thanks > > Charles > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > __________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. [1]Get it now. -- > >References > > 1. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/
